Manchester United 2-0 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 26 August 2017
Result
Manchester United 2-0 Leicester City
Premier League · Saturday 26 August 2017, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Manchester United 2-0 Leicester City: match report
Manchester United won against Leicester City 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 August 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
Marcus Rashford opened the scoring in the 70th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Marcus Rashford (70') and Marouane Fellaini (82'). Leicester City did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Leicester City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 6 points from 2 and Leicester City 10th on 3 points from 2. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 81 points, and Leicester City 9th with 47.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leicester City in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marcus Rashford of Manchester United (7.8), level with Kasper Schmeichel (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 1 for Leicester City.
Key events
- 53'Missed penalty · Romelu Lukaku
- 54'Yellow card · Henrikh Mkhitaryan
- 70'Goal · Marcus Rashford
- 82'Goal · Marouane Fellaini
- 89'Yellow card · Matty James
- 90+5'Yellow card · Kasper Schmeichel
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Eric Bailly, Phil Jones, Daley Blind, Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matić, Juan Mata, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Anthony Martial, Romelu Lukaku
Leicester City line-up (4-4-1-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Christian Fuchs, Riyad Mahrez, Matty James, Wilfred Ndidi, Marc Albrighton, Shinji Okazaki, Jamie Vardy